Food Security: Issues and Policy Options- A Discussion in Light of India’s National Food Security Act

M P Bezbaruah

doi:10.20896/saci.v1i2.25

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2013)
Space and Culture, India

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Food Security: Issues and Policy Options- A Discussion in Light of India’s National Food Security Act

https://doi.org/10.20896/saci.v1i2.25

Published 2013-11-28

M P Bezbaruah

M P Bezbaruah
Gauhati University, Guwahati 781014

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Bezbaruah, M. P. (2013). Food Security: Issues and Policy Options- A Discussion in Light of India’s National Food Security Act. Space and Culture, India, 1(2), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.20896/saci.v1i2.25

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Abstract

From its initial drafting to its eventual passage in the Indian Parliament and beyond, the National Food Security Bill has been extensively debated with a lot of animation by activists, economists, politicians and even corporate leaders. This article presents a brief summary of the debate in the backdrop of a discussion of the general issues related to food security and India's past record of food grain management. Since the Bill has now been turned into an Act, it is suggested that the focus of attention should now shift to its implementation mechanism and suitable measures to mitigate the apprehended undesirable consequences of the proposed nationwide food security programme.

Keywords

Food Security, Right to Food, Public Distribution System

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M P Bezbaruah

Professor, Department of Economics

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